Wednesday, November 22, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – Under a moonlit sky, where shadows dance and dreams take flight, immerse yourself in an enchanting evening of nocturnal melodies. Les 9’s Nocturne, featuring the elegant sound of eight cellos and one double bass, takes us on a journey that is woven around the ethereal beauty of nighttime. From Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata to Debussy’s “Clair […]
Sunday, October 22, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Enjoy a night filled with drama and emotion with this dual program, balancing tradition and renewal. First, pianist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre and the Ensemble Classico-Moderne deliver a spectacular rendition of one of the most popular piano concerto ever written, Rachmaninoff’s 2nd. The night continues with excerpts from Jaap Nico Hamburger’s ARIELLA, a powerful opera inspired by the […]
Friday, February 25, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – Violinist Dubeau and her brilliant string ensemble perform works by Craig Armstrong, Ludovico Einaudi, Jean-Michel Blais, Ólafur Arnalds, Max Richter, and more.
Sunday, January 23, 2022 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm – A truly dynamic duo, Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley and pianist Julius Drake will perform the North American premiere of a song cycle by Mark Anthony Turnage and works by Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Thomas Morley, Erich Korngold, Derek Holman, Michael Tippett, Madeleine Dring, and Cole Porter.
Saturday, January 22, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – This string quartet of three Danes and one Norwegian will perform Schubert’s String Quartet No. 15 as well as a new composition by Bent Sørensen inspired by the Schubert Quartet. Also on the program is a curated suite of dances by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, John Adams, and Felix Blumenfeld, and a new composition written by the […]
Saturday, January 22, 2022 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Eve Egoyan created Seven Studies for Augmented Piano for a newly imagined instrument that delves into the space between what a piano can do and what Eve has always wished a piano could do. Through the delicate intervention of technology, she tests (teases) the edges of the piano’s natural sound, ultimately pushing it beyond the […]
Friday, January 21, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – San Francisco’s Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet brings a program of music from the original seven countries “banned” by the USA — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen — alongside protest music inspired by Pete Seeger.
Thursday, January 20, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – Built around Kronos’s Fifty for the Future initiative, four quartets from The Glenn Gould School will participate in a two-day mentorship with Kronos, culminating in this joint performance.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – A multimedia performance piece, A Thousand Thoughts, blends live music by Kronos with a documentary film, including interviews with artists like Philip Glass, Tanya Tagaq, Steve Reich, Wu Man, and Terry Riley. “It’s as magical an amalgamation as you can imagine.” (Los Angeles Times)
Sunday, January 16, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Pianist and Royal Conservatory alumna, Morgan-Paige Melbourne, will perform works by Brian Current and Dawn Davi, as well as the world premieres by Nauroz Tanya, Kathryn Knowles, and herself in a program that is a reflection on the impact of change, struggle, growth, and affection that thrives within our daily life.
Saturday, January 15, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – A celebrated soprano, famous for her rendition of Mahler’s love song, Liebst du um Schönheit, develops early onset Alzheimer’s. The drama follows her (mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert) and her pianist/husband (baritone Kelly Markgraf) as they confront their new reality. This one act opera in its Canadian premiere.
Saturday, January 15, 2022 @ 10:30 pm – 11:59 pm – World premiere! A young, talented musician is striving for perfection in her art. Bursting with the compulsion to reach the top, she invokes Canadian icon, classical pianist Glenn Gould to guide her towards dizzying heights. Adventurous singers perform suspended from The Royal Conservatory’s atrium in this daring new opera. Award-winning theatre artist and librettist Liza […]
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm – World premiere! A young, talented musician is striving for perfection in her art. Bursting with the compulsion to reach the top, she invokes Canadian icon, classical pianist Glenn Gould to guide her towards dizzying heights. Adventurous singers perform suspended from The Royal Conservatory’s atrium in this daring new opera. Award-winning theatre artist and librettist Liza […]
